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Goodnight Gavin, I Love You

By: Paula Peters & Matt Stahl

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Gavin was diagnosed with autism just after his second birthday. Ever since then it has been a roller coaster ride for his entire family. However, with every set back has come incredible triumphs for both Gavin and his entire family. If you are reading this book, you have an important role to play in helping children like Gavin. By spreading the word about autism and helping people to understand more about this disorder, then you will be helping to find the key that will eventually unlock the full potential of Gavin and the millions of children like him throughout the world. Reading this story is the first step in helping to spread the word, but by sharing this story with two other people you can help spread the word even faster. We need everyone to help us search for the key that unlocks the autistic mind and if everyone is looking, then we have a better chance of finding it. So, once you have searched for the key on every page of this story...please help us search for the key in real life. To learn more about autism and how you can help spread awareness, visit the GMan Foundation at https: //www.facebook.com/GManGroup or at their foundation's website at http: //www.gmanfoundation.com/home. You can also follow Paula's blog about her family's journey to understanding autism at http: //blogs.lowellsun.com/autism/.

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1491863471

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To Be a Cat

By: Matt Haig

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To Be a Cat

By: Matt Haig

Twelve-year-old Barney Willow gets his wish to be a cat but soon discovers that not all felines are cute and cuddly--some are downright evil--and his life is in grave danger, but his missing father may be able to help.

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Simon and Schuster

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1442454067

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9781442454064

Wicked Jenny

By: Matt Hilton

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Wicked Jenny

By: Matt Hilton

This eerie tale sees a group of men haunted by one traumatic event from their childhood. They thought they'd moved on . . . but someone - or something - won't let them! 1988: Thirteen-year-old Andy Miller and his friends – Carl, Brian, Johnny and Gavin – become witnesses to the vicious attack of their classmate, Poppy, and the brutal murder of her sister at a flooded railway line they call the frog ponds. They lead the police to a suspect, a vulnerable older boy whose differences single him out. But when he commits suicide, his guilt is never proven. And the crime goes unpunished, until . . . Now: Carl’s body is found beside the same body of water – and the lives of the four remaining friends start to unravel. Is the hag-like woman terrorizing their every waking moment really a grown-up Poppy hellbent on revenge? Or something else . . . something steeped in childhood nightmares? Something determined to reveal the truth and punish the wicked. For those who love spooky fairy tales with a twist - this first in a new series will not disappoint!

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Severn House Publishers Ltd

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1448313929

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9781448313921

Body Check

By: Matt Christopher

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Body Check

By: Matt Christopher

Twelve-year-old Brent Mullen discovers that the new assistant hockey coach is teaching the defensemen on his team illegal moves to help them win at any cost.

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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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0316093769

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9780316093767

The Maximalist

The Rise and Fall of Tony O'Reilly

By: Matt Cooper

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The Maximalist

The Rise and Fall of Tony O'Reilly

By: Matt Cooper

I am a maximalist ... I want more of everything.'Tony O'Reilly strode into the twenty-first century an Irishman apart. Strikingly good-looking, athletically gifted, irresistibly charismatic and phenomenally wealthy, he had everything any man could want. For many, he was a hero, the living embodiment of Irish potential; for others, he was an arrogant and overbearing presence at the heart of power. Without doubt, he was the most powerful unelected Irishman of the past 50 years.His philosophy was simple: 'I am a maximalist ... I want more of everything.'But it was never enough. And today, O'Reilly's empire and the formidable reputation it established lie in tatters.In this landmark biography, Matt Cooper draws on an abundance of new material, including interviews with many of O'Reilly's closest family, friends, associates and rivals, to uncover the man behind the myth. An Irish epic, it documents in unflinching detail and with great subtlety the meteoric rise and slow unravelling of an Irish icon.

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Gill & Macmillan Ltd

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0717167232

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9780717167234

That's Not Funny

How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them

By: Matt Sienkiewicz,Nick Marx

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That's Not Funny

How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them

By: Matt Sienkiewicz,Nick Marx

A 2022 Best Comedy Book, Vulture A rousing call for liberals and progressives to pay attention to the emergence of right-wing comedy and the political power of humor. "Why do conservatives hate comedy? Why is there no right-wing Jon Stewart?" These sorts of questions launch a million tweets, a thousand op-eds, and more than a few scholarly analyses. That's Not Funny argues that it is both an intellectual and politically strategic mistake to assume that comedy has a liberal bias. Matt Sienkiewicz and Nick Marx take readers––particularly self-described liberals––on a tour of contemporary conservative comedy and the "right-wing comedy complex." In That's Not Funny, "complex" takes on an important double meaning. On the one hand, liberals have developed a social-psychological complex—it feels difficult, even dangerous, to acknowledge that their political opposition can produce comedy. At the same time, the right has been slowly building up a comedy-industrial complex, utilizing the humorous, irony-laden media strategies of liberals such as Jon Stewart, Samantha Bee, and John Oliver to garner audiences and supporters. Right-wing comedy has been hiding in plain sight, finding its way into mainstream conservative media through figures ranging from Fox News's Greg Gutfeld to libertarian podcasters like Joe Rogan. That's Not Funny taps interviews with conservative comedians and observations of them in action to guide readers through media history, text, and technique. You will find many of these comedians utterly appalling, some surprisingly funny, and others just plain weird. They are all, however, culturally and politically relevant—the American right is attempting to seize spaces of comedy and irony previously held firmly by the left. You might not like this brand of humor, but you can't ignore it.

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Univ of California Press

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0520402960

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9780520402966

Pandemic Diaries

The inside story of Britain's battle against Covid

By: Matt Hancock,Isabel Oakeshott

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Pandemic Diaries

The inside story of Britain's battle against Covid

By: Matt Hancock,Isabel Oakeshott

When Covid-19 swept the world, governments scrambled to protect their citizens and chart a course back to normality. As Health Secretary, Matt Hancock was at the forefront of Britain's battle against the virus, trying to steer the country through the crisis in a world where information was scarce, judgements huge and the roadmap non-existent. Drawing on a wealth of never-before-seen material, including official records, his notes at the time and communications with all the key players in Britain's Covid-19 story, this candid account reveals the inner workings of government during a time of national crisis, reflecting on both the successes and the failures. Recounting the most important decisions in the race to develop a vaccine in record time and to build a nationwide testing capacity from the ground up, Pandemic Diaries provides the definitive account of Britain's battle to turn the tide against Covid-19. Crucially, it also offers an honest assessment of the lessons we need to learn to be prepared for next time – because there will be a next time.

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Biteback Publishing

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1785907751

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9781785907753

83 Minutes

The Doctor, the Damage, and the Shocking Death of Michael Jackson

By: Matt Richards,Mark Langthorne

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The Doctor, the Damage, and the Shocking Death of Michael Jackson

By: Matt Richards,Mark Langthorne

Originally published: Great Britain: Blink Publishing, 2015.

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Macmillan

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1250108926

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9781250108920

The End of Overkill

Reassessing U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy

By: Benjamin Friedman,Christopher Preble,Matt Fay

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The End of Overkill

Reassessing U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy

By: Benjamin Friedman,Christopher Preble,Matt Fay

U.S. security does not require nearly 1,600 nuclear weapons deployed on a triad of systems—bombers, land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs)—to deliver them. A new paper from Benjamin H. Friedman, Christopher A. Preble and Matt Fay encourages abandonment of the triad and skepticism about the received wisdom justifying U.S. nuclear weapons’ policies. The authors suggest that shifting to a submarine-based monad would serve U.S. deterrent needs and eventually save taxpayers roughly $20 billion a year.

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Cato Institute

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1939709334

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9781939709332

Silent Coup

How Corporations Overthrew Democracy

By: Claire Provost,Matt Kennard

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Silent Coup

How Corporations Overthrew Democracy

By: Claire Provost,Matt Kennard

As European empires crumbled in the 20th century, the power structures that had dominated the world for centuries were up for renegotiation. Yet instead of a rebirth for democracy, what emerged was a silent coup – namely, the unstoppable rise of global corporate power. Exposing the origins of this epic power grab as well as its present-day consequences, Silent Coup is the result of two investigative journalists' reports from 30 countries around the world. It provides an explosive guide to the rise of a corporate empire that now dictates how resources are allocated, how territories are governed, and how justice is defined.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350269999

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Principles of Comparative Politics

By: William Roberts Clark,Matt Golder,Sona Nadenichek Golder

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Principles of Comparative Politics

By: William Roberts Clark,Matt Golder,Sona Nadenichek Golder

William Roberts Clark, Matt Golder, and Sona Nadenichek Golder’s groundbreaking Principles of Comparative Politics offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to comparative inquiry, research, and scholarship. In this thoroughly revised Third Edition, readers have an even better guide to cross-national comparison and why it matters. Readers are offered a new intuitive take on statistical analyses and a clearer explanation of how to interpret regression results; a thoroughly-revised chapter on culture and democracy that now includes a more extensive discussion of cultural modernization theory and a new overview of survey methods for addressing sensitive topics; and a revised chapter on dictatorships that incorporates a principal-agent framework for understanding authoritarian institutions. Examples from the gender and politics literature have been incorporated into various chapters and empirical examples and data on various types of institutions have been updated. The book's outstanding pedagogy includes more than 250 tables and figures, numerous photos and maps, end of chapter exercises and problem sets, and a broader set of works cited. New to this Edition A new intuitive take on statistical analyses and a clearer explanation of how to interpret regression results are included. A thoroughly-revised chapter on culture and democracy includes a more extensive discussion of cultural modernization theory and a new overview of survey methods for addressing sensitive topics. A revised chapter on dictatorships incorporates a principal-agent framework for understanding authoritarian institutions. Examples from the gender and politics literature have been incorporated into various chapters. Empirical examples and data on various types of institutions have been updated. Online videos and tutorials guide students through some of the methodological components addressed in the book.

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CQ Press

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1506318118

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9781506318110

All These Things That I've Done

My Insane, Improbable Rock Life

By: Matt Pinfield,Mitchell Cohen

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All These Things That I've Done

My Insane, Improbable Rock Life

By: Matt Pinfield,Mitchell Cohen

A memoir from a music personality, TV host and MTV and VH1 veejay chronicles the songs and artists that informed and molded his childhood and teenage years to ultimately inspire his career, relationships and life and shares his stories from the front lines of rock and roll,"--NoveList.

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Simon and Schuster

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1476793891

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9781476793894

The Year of the Dubs

By: Matt Treacy

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The Year of the Dubs

By: Matt Treacy

A personal and funny account of the Dublin football and hurling teams through the eyes of a lifelong supporter. It begins in the Arctic depths of January and ends on the sunny heights of Hill 16 in late September as the Dublin footballers beat Mayo in the football final.

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Lulu.com

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1291645926

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9781291645927

Notorious C.O.P.

The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay Investigations from NYPD's First "Hip-Hop Cop"

By: Derrick Parker,Matt Diehl

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Notorious C.O.P.

The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay Investigations from NYPD's First "Hip-Hop Cop"

By: Derrick Parker,Matt Diehl

Throughout his career, Derrick Parker worked on some of the biggest criminal cases in rap history, from the shooting at Club New York, where Derrick personally escorted Jennifer Lopez to police headquarters, to the first shooting of Tupac Shakur. Always straddling the fence between "po-po" and NYPD outsider, Derrick threatened police tradition to try to get the cases solved. He was the first detective to interview an informant offering a detailed account of Biggie Smalls's murder. He protected one of the only surviving eyewitnesses to the Jam Master Jay murder and knows the identity of the killers as well as the motivation behind the shooting. Notorious C.O.P. reveals hip-hop crimes that never made the paper—like the robbing of Foxy Brown and the first Hot 97 shooting—and answers some lingering questions about murders that have remained unsolved. The book that both the NYPD and the hip-hop community don't want you to read, Notorious C.O.P. is the first insider look at the real links between crime and hip-hop and the inefficiencies that have left some of the most widely publicized murders in entertainment history unsolved.

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St. Martin's Press

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1429907789

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9781429907781

Who Really Runs Ireland?

The story of the elite who led Ireland from bust to boom ... and back again

By: Matt Cooper

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Who Really Runs Ireland?

The story of the elite who led Ireland from bust to boom ... and back again

By: Matt Cooper

The story of the elite who led Ireland from bust to boom ... and back to bust again Having money and not having it; making it and losing it; using it and misusing it; giving it and taking it ... this is the story of Ireland during the boom, described in jaw-dropping detail in Who Really Runs Ireland? Leading journalist Matt Cooper identifies the most influential people in Ireland during the Celtic Tiger era, describes how they interacted with each other to mutual benefit, and reveals who were the few to retain their power amid the debris arising from the bursting of the Irish economic bubble. 'Highly accessible and akin to a good thriller ... fascinating ... compelling' Sunday Tribune 'Hugely entertaining as well as instructive' Irish Independent 'Impressive and eminently readable' Irish Times 'An eye-opener ... you might be driven to tears of rage' David McCullagh, RTE 'The detail is riveting ... and a lot of it illuminating'Irish Examiner 'The scale of Cooper's research is highly impressive ... an in-depth reference guide to folly and hubris' Sunday Business Post 'Complex but surprisingly reader-friendly ... a rattling, and frequently horrifying, read' Hot Press 'Superbly readable and insightful ... a must-have' Irish Mail on Sunday

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Penguin UK

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0141932309

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9780141932309

Mexican American Biographies

A Historical Dictionary, 1836-1987

By: Matt S. Meier

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Mexican American Biographies

A Historical Dictionary, 1836-1987

By: Matt S. Meier

A unique biographical source revealing the experiences common to Mexican-Americans as well as the `diversity and complexity of their struggles to enter the mainstream.' Of the 270 men and women included, approximately 200 are contemporary Mexican-Americans. . . . [H]ighly recommended for large public libraries and special collections. Library Journal This biographical dictionary provides a useful source for identifying the important figures in the Mexican American/Chicano experience from 1848 to the present. It includes approximately 280 figures, many of whom are contemporary leaders in politics, education, the arts, sports, and other fields. Arranged alphabetically, the entries contain brief biographies of the people who have made Mexican American history while playing important roles in American society, the focus is primarily on public and professional life, with the most important figures receiving greater attention and more detailed histories. Most of the entries are followed by one or more bibliographic references; there are indexes of the biographees by state and by fields of activity. An outstanding feature of this sourcebook is the inclusion of a broader scope of information about each of the figures, such as their social and intellectual background, academic training, their development in their chosen fields, and signal achievements as shown by appointments, awards, and prizes.

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Greenwood

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0313245215

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Book's by Matt Gavin

Goodnight Gavin, I Love You

Goodnight Gavin, I Love You

To Be a Cat

To Be a Cat

Wicked Jenny

Wicked Jenny

Body Check

Body Check

The Maximalist

The Maximalist

That's Not Funny

That's Not Funny

Pandemic Diaries

Pandemic Diaries

83 Minutes

83 Minutes

The End of Overkill

The End of Overkill

Silent Coup

Silent Coup

Principles of Comparative Politics

Principles of Comparative Politics

All These Things That I've Done

All These Things That I've Done

The Year of the Dubs

The Year of the Dubs

Notorious C.O.P.

Notorious C.O.P.

Who Really Runs Ireland?

Who Really Runs Ireland?

Mexican American Biographies

Mexican American Biographies

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